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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Reuleuet in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.9397S, 95.9642WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:35:14 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/25 / 2025-10-27 23:35:14 / October 27, 2025 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 95.9642° East, 4.9397° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000rjtw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjtw.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banda Aceh, Meulaboh, Bireun. Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9642° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.9397° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-27 23:35:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-27 23:52:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.02 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rjtw Id of event.
Event Code 6000rjtw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rjtw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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